19/05/2014
Exclusive: MI5 stands accused of complicity in torture this year after 'trying to recruit man ...
MI5 faces claims that it has been complicit in torture as recently as this February, after a former British resident told how he was beaten by Egyptian security forces working closely with the UK. Ahmed Diini, 25, alleges that he was questioned by a member of MI5 earlier this year while being tortured in an Egyptian prison. The claim challenges assurances given by Britain?s security and intelligence agencies last year that they no longer take part in operations where a suspect is being tortured or illegally detained by a foreign state. In November, the head of MI5 told MPs that his officers would never participate in or condone torture. Mr Diini, a grandson of the deposed Somalian dictator...
